IF WE COULD CONVENE. IT'S 515. WE HAVE A QUORUM. IN FACT WE HAVE EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT SO I WILL CALL THE
MEETING TO ORDER AND HOLLY INDICATED WE WANT TO CHANGE THE AGENDA SO MINUTES FOR OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THE FIRST THING WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL
MINUTES. WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES. I THINK WE HAVE TO APPROVE THEM SEPARATELY SO I WOULD UNDERSTAND A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL. IT'S ON PAGE TWO OF YOUR
PACKAGE WHICH ARE THE MINUTES FROM FROM TOBAR TWO THIS IS OCTOBER 21ST, THE SEPTEMBER 16TH MEETING I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES BE APPROVED COMMISSIONER PETERSON MOVES WE
HAVE A SECOND SECOND. ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I. I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIED SEVEN ZERO. THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER SET
OF MEETINGS. THIS IS RESOLUTIONS ON PAGE FIVE OF YOUR PACKAGE SO I WOULD AND THIS IS FOR OUR LAST JOINT MEETING THAT WE HAD ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. I'LL MOVE THOSE AS WELL.
SO MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER PETERSON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HUNT FOR ABDUR YES I HAVE AN ADDITION AND ITEM THREE UNDER ITEM FOUR ONE I'D LIKE TO SEE PUT IN IF THE
COMMISSION WOULD THINK IT'D BE OKAY I'D LIKE IT'S JUST IT AUTHORIZES USE OF INTEREST ON TRANSFERRED INCREMENT WHICH INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF SPENDING PLAN TO TO HAVE AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS
TO I'D LIKE TO SEE THE NUMBER THAT IT WOULD BE INCREASED TO AT THAT POINT I THINK IT'S 95 SOME MILLION RIGHT COMMISSION PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONER
LYONS I'M SORRY COULD YOU REREAD YOUR SENTENCE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE AGAIN? COULD YOU REREAD IT FOR ME ONE MORE TIME PLEASE? IF HE JUST CHANGES AUTHORIZE
THE USE OF AND AUTHORIZE THE USE OF INTEREST ON TRANSFERRED INCREMENT WHICH INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF OF THE SPENDING PLAN TFI AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE
PROJECTS TO SO DOLLAR SIGN AND PUT THE NUMBER IN PRESIDENT ERICKSON AND COMMISSIONER LANDS COMMISSIONERS THE REASON WE DIDN'T PUT AN AMOUNT ON THAT IS BECAUSE THE INTEREST CONTINUES TO GROW SO WE CAN'T PUT A PRECISE AMOUNT ON THAT
AT THIS POINT. WE PUT IN THERE AT THIS POINT OR APPROXIMATELY 95 MILLION OR WHATEVER AT THIS DATE. SO IF WE PUT IT IN AT THIS
DATE YOU'RE OKAY? YEAH. MR. NELSON IS THERE ANY CONFLICT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL APPROVE THESE MINUTES
ON YESTERDAY IS THERE A CONFLICT IF WE APPROVE DIFFERENT MINUTES OR CONCUR I NEVER THOUGHT OF I NEVER
THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. I'M NOT KNOW WE CAN WE CAN HAVE I'M HERE. GO AHEAD. OH OKAY.
MAYOR OUR MAYOR COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS. RIGHT. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. SO I BELIEVE THAT THEY DID ACT ON IT LAST NIGHT. THERE WAS A CADENCE TO THE ADOPTION OF THE MEETING
MINUTES ON PURPOSE TO HAVE THE COUNCIL DO THEM LAST NIGHT AND THE PORCH OF THEM TONIGHT AS COMPARED TO WAITING UNTIL THE NEXT TIME YOU ALL HAD A CONCURRENT MEETING TO TAKE ACTION ON THEM. SO HERE'S THE RISK IN DOING
THE APPROACH THAT WE DID RIGHT THERE'S AN EDIT BY ONE OF THE BODIES SO I DON'T SEE THIS AS BEING A NECESSARILY
SUBSTANTIVE DIFFERING AT IT. YOU'RE MERELY OFFERING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT'S CLARIFYING AND THE OTHER THING AS A REMINDER THAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT THE PORT AND THE COUNCIL ARE MEETING CONTEMPORANEOUSLY AND SO
ALTHOUGH WE BUNDLE THESE MINUTES TOGETHER YOU COULD THEORETICALLY HAVE YOUR OWN MINUTES FROM WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE YOU LITERALLY HAD TWO SEPARATE MEETINGS. SO IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE ALL COMFORTABLE WITH PROCEEDING
WITH WITH A MINOR EDIT I WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT AS WELL. LEGALLY THE OTHER THING I'D OFFER THOUGH IS YOU COULD HAVE THE MINUTES REFLECT THAT CLARIFICATION FROM THIS MEETING IF YOU'D LIKE TO JUST
PUT THAT ON THE RECORD SO THAT IT'S PRESERVED BECAUSE IT WOULD BE IN MINUTES IT JUST WOULDN'T BE IN THE MINUTES FROM WHEN YOU ALL GOT TOGETHER UP TO YOU COMMISSION.
AND I THINK THE OTHER THING IT COULD BE DONE IS STAFF COULD SIMPLY SEND OUT A MEMO OR WHATEVER EMAIL DETAILING WHAT IT IS NOW AND COULD GIVE YOU SOME PROTECTION OR SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE TOO. SO WHATEVER WE'RE COMFORTABLE
DOING IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL WORK. SO DO YOU WANT TO THE LANGUAGE OR ARE YOU COMFORTABLE AND VOTING ON IT AS IT IS WITH SOME CLARIFICATION FROM STAFF I'D LIKE TO SEE IT IN THERE
MYSELF JUST BECAUSE IT'S A POINT IN TIME IT'S GROWN TO THIS AND WE MIGHT WANT TO REFER TO IT AND WHENEVER SEE HOW MUCH GROWN THE NEXT TIME AND IT'S IT IT'S IT'S IT'S
IT'S FUZZY LIKE THIS I THINK COMMISSIONER PETERSON THE MINUTES ARE FILED ALONGSIDE THE AGENDA OF THE MEETING RIGHT PRESIDENT ERICKSON
COMMISSIONER PETERSON YES EVERYTHING IS IS TOGETHER AND IS ACCESSIBLE FROM THE PUBLIC WEBSITE SO THAT THE THE AGENDA HAS THAT NUMBER IN IT SO IF
SOMEBODY WANTED THAT NUMBER IT'S AVAILABLE ON THE AGENDA ON THE ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. YEP I'M READING I'M READING THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW AND I CAN SEE THAT AREA THERE SO I THINK IT WOULD BE OKAY TO ADOPT
THESE WAY IT IS I THINK THAT NUMBER IS IN THERE TO BE I THINK IT WOULD DO IT OKAY. I DIDN'T PROJECT WHY WOULD THAT BE ON THE AGENDA? THANK YOU COMMISSIONER PETERSON AS USUAL, YOUR
COMMENTS ARE ELUCIDATING SO AT ANY RATE WE NOW HAVE WE HAVE A MOTION MADE AND SECONDED ANY FURTHER CORRECTIONS OR DISCUSSION.
IF NOT WE WILL THEN ADOPT IN THE FORM AS ORIGINALLY PRINTED SO SO ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I
OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO OKAY NOW YOU WANTED TO CHANGE OUR AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME IMPORTANT INTRODUCTIONS OF OUR NEW CITY MANAGER. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU PRESIDENT ERICKSON
AND COMMISSIONERS AND I MAY ACTUALLY BIFURCATE THIS I'LL DO ONE ADMINISTRATOR UPDATE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE REST OF THE PROGRAM AND THEN I'LL DO THE REMAINDER AT THE END. BUT THIS EVENING I ACTUALLY
WANTED TO TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO MAYOR BUSSE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW CITY MANAGER. EVERYBODY, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. HIGHLY APPRECIATED COMMISSIONERS. I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY INTRODUCE ZACH
WALKER, OUR NEW CITY MANAGER HERE IN THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. HE STARTED YESTERDAY, CAME BACK FOR A SECOND DAY. SO THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING AND WE ARE SO VERY EXCITED TO HAVE ZACH JOIN OUR STAFF.
SO VERY APPRECIATIVE TO THE WORK THAT WAS DONE TO GET US FROM THE THE TIME FROM THE RESIGNATION OF OUR PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER HERE TO WHERE WE ARE NOW KATHY HARDIN AND
ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN DID AN OUTSTANDING WORK AS OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGERS AND GREATLY I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID AND FOR THE ENTIRE STAFF RALLYING AROUND AND MAKING SURE THAT BASICALLY WE NEVER MISSED A BEAT HERE
WITHIN THE CITY AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. THAT BEING SAID, I AM VERY EXCITED TO HAVE ZACH ON BOARD AND TO START A NEW ERA WITH OUR NEW CITY MANAGER IN BLOOMINGTON AS WE HAD THE
CONVERSATION LAST NIGHT, ZACH IS THE FOURTH CITY MANAGER IN STEVE MIGHT KNOW BETTER THAN I FIFTH SO SINCE 1960 THE FIFTH CITY MANAGER SO IT IT'S
NOT A SMALL CHANGE THAT WE MAKE HERE WHEN WE CHANGE OUR CITY MANAGERS AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT ZACH IS GOING TO BRING TO THE ROLE AND I WANTED TO INTRODUCE HIM AND
INVITE HIM UP TO THE PODIUM AND MAYBE SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HIMSELF AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. WELCOME ZACH. GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
AND AS THE MAYOR WAS SAYING, IT'S BEEN A LONG TRADITION OF REALLY HAVING VERY STABLE GOVERNMENT AT THE CITY LEVEL HERE WHICH IS A RESIDENT FOR
45 YEARS OR WHATEVER I HAVE APPRECIATED SO WELL THANK YOU PRESIDENT ERICKSON AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. I'LL BE BRIEF WITH MY REMARKS BUT I APPRECIATED THE
INVITATION OF THE MAYOR TO COME TONIGHT AND TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. THAT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IN MY EARLY TIME HERE IN BLOOMINGTON IS GET OUT AND MEET AS MANY PEOPLE IN THIS
COMMUNITY PROFESSIONAL CITY STAFF, VOLUNTEERS SUCH AS YOURSELF, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO FULFILLING MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMMUNITY AND ITS NEEDS
AND ITS OPPORTUNITIES. SO I DO WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN YOU BRIEFLY THIS EVENING. I'M COMING TO YOU FROM THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA.
I'VE BEEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT 20 YEARS NOW AND IN THE LAST NINE I SERVED AS CITY MANAGER FOR INDEPENDENCE MISSOURI A FIFTH LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE AND THE HOME OF PRESIDENT TRUMAN.
HARRY TRUMAN IS KIND OF WHAT IT'S FAMOUS FOR. I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED TO BE JOINING WORD FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN WAS A VERY INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY AND HAVING BEEN HERE A LITTLE OVER
A WEEK NOW, SUSPICIONS CONFIRMED. WONDERFUL CITY STAFF HERE, VERY STRONG GOVERNING BODY AND A GREAT COMMUNITY THAT NOT
ONLY SUPPORTS THE WORK OF ITS CITY BUT SETS ITS EXPECTATIONS HIGH FOR FORWARD PROGRESS AND FORWARD MOMENTUM. I'M LOOKING VERY MUCH FORWARD TO BUILDING UPON THE GREAT
FOUNDATION THAT'S BEEN LAID THAT WAS VERY ATTRACTIVE TO ME AND THE CITY MANAGEMENT PROFESSION TO COME SOMEWHERE WHERE THERE IS A HISTORY AND A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE AND TO
WORK ALONGSIDE PROFESSION WALLS AND IN THIS BUSINESS TO HELP BUILD THIS COMMUNITY EVEN MORE SO THAN WHAT IT'S BEEN. SO I'M VERY EXCITED. I'M VERY HONORED AND I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SUCH AS YOURSELF TO MAKE ALL OF OUR HOPES AND EXPECTATIONS COME TRUE. SO THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
WELL, THANK YOU. I WOULD GUESS THAT SINCE YOU'RE FROM INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI AND YOU WANT TO EMULATE HARRY TRUMAN THAT YOU MAYBE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SIGN THE BUCK STOPS HERE.
WELL, I. >> I HATE TO LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG BUT YES, I HAVE ONE OF THOSE. IT'S UP IN THE OFFICE IN BROWN PAPER WRAP READY TO BE UNPACKED.
GREAT FOR COMMISSION MEMBERS. ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS OR ANYTHING STEVE GOT TO SAY YOU KNOW WE DO HAVE A TRADITION OF FOLKS STICKING AROUND FOR A
LONG, LONG TIME. I WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR 14 YEARS AND I, I NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO HIRE A CITY MANAGER IN THAT 14 YEAR PERIOD AND THAT WAS OUR THAT WAS OUR SECOND CITY MANAGER
EFFECTIVELY. AND SO YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE HAD A STRONG HISTORY OF GETTING GOOD CITY MANAGERS WHO'VE DONE GOOD WORK AND HAVE HAD CONSISTENT SUPPORT FROM
THE CITY COUNCIL. MY COLLEAGUES USED TO JOKE THAT HE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE HE WAS KEEPING FOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAPPY AND IT DIDN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN TO ME AFTER BE THE SAME FOR THEY COULD IT
COULD CHANGE AS TIME WENT ALONG BUT I THINK EVEN EVEN FOR PEOPLE WHO MAYBE GOT ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE THEY WERE OPPOSING SOMETHING AS OPPOSED TO SUPPORTING SOMETHING FELT LIKE THEY WERE SUPPORTED BY THE CITY MANAGER
AND I'VE GOTTEN COMMENTS ABOUT THAT FROM FROM PEOPLE ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM THAT THEY FELT LIKE THE STAFF HAS ALWAYS OPERATED PROFESSIONALLY AND WANTED TO SUPPORT THE INITIATIVES OF THE COUNCIL IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND SO I ALSO THINK THERE'S A THERE'S A HISTORY HERE OF THE CITY MANAGER'S KIND OF GENERATING IDEAS AND BRINGING THINGS TO THE COUNCIL AND SO I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, FOR
THINGS THAT YOU SEE THAT NEED TO BE DONE TO KIND OF GO TO COUNCIL AND GO TO THE COUNCIL AND SAY HEY, THIS IS THE SORT OF THING THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING AND THEN FINALLY AND THE FOLKS HERE HAVE HEARD ME SAY A LOT AS THAT AND THIS IS IT
APPLIES TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREA BUT ALSO I THINK IN GENERAL IS THAT WE NEED TO DO THINGS THAT IN THE CITY THAT KIND OF UNIQUELY LEVERAGE THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIKE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AREA, THINGS LIKE TRANSPORTATION FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF COVERING THAT AND THEN THEN DOING THINGS THAT ARE OUR KIND OF UNIQUELY OUR
ABILITY TO TO DO AND THINGS LIKE THE EXPO WHICH WAS A YOU KNOW IF YOU LOOKED AT IT HONESTLY IT WAS A LOW PROBABILITY SORT OF THING. IT YOU KNOW IT WASN'T LIKE THERE WAS A GUARANTEE THAT IT WAS GOING TO COME OUT.
IT WAS THERE WAS A YOU KNOW I GAVE IT LIKE A 20% CHANCE OF BEING SUCCESSFUL BUT IF YOU IF YOU DO THE MATH AND LOOK AT THE EXPECTED RETURN ON THAT THE EXPECTED RETURN WAS SO GREAT ON THAT THAT IT WAS
WORTH PUTTING THE EFFORT AND THE MONEY INTO IT TO GO DO IT. AND THAT'S THE SORT OF THING WHERE WE'VE HAD SUPPORT FOR THOSE SORTS OF THINGS IN THE PAST SO SO WELL-REASONED RISKS THAT THAT PEOPLE COULD PICK
OUT AND SAY OH WE DON'T THAT'S A DUMB IDEA. IT WASN'T A DUMB IDEA. IT WAS ACTUALLY WORTH THAT. THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING WAS ACTUALLY WORTH DOING. AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU YOU KNOW IT'S KIND OF GET YOUR
FEET UNDERNEATH IS DON'T DON'T HESITATE TO THINK BIG BECAUSE THIS GROUP HAS HAD A HISTORY OF KIND OF TAKING BIG IDEAS AND AND SUPPORTING THEM AND THAT'S WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS AND THAT'S THAT'S THAT
HISTORICALLY IS WHAT DIFFERENTIATES OUR COMMUNITY FROM ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES IN THIS AREA. SO THAT'S WHAT I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IN YOUR JOB. AND SO WHERE THERE'S NO PRESSURE, YOU KNOW, TO COME
WITH THAT SORT OF THING BUT EVENTUALLY YOU KNOW YOU'LL COME UP WITH AN IDEA LIKE THAT AND AND THINKING ABOUT THAT AND SAYING THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO BE DOING IS A REALLY WORTHWHILE THING. SO AND IT WAS I'LL SAY WELCOME
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR SUCCESS. I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THAT'S AN ADMIRABLE CHARGE. I THINK WHAT BLOOMINGTON HAS IS VERY SPECIAL BUT IT REQUIRES A GREAT DEAL OF DILIGENCE AND RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTINUE TO
DRIVE THAT FORWARD SO YOUR WORDS ARE TAKEN IN GOOD SPIRIT. YEAH. WELL AND JUST FOLLOWING ALONG WAS WHAT MR. PETERSON WAS SAYING THE PORT AUTHORITY WAS CREATED SPECIFICALLY AND IT
WAS A BIG RISK AT THE TIME TO TAKE IN AND DEAL WITH THE THE BALLPARK SET WHERE THEY HAD LEFT. AND I WILL NEVER FORGET JIM LINDA WHO WAS OUR NEIGHBOR AND
UH WAS TELLING ME WE WERE AT A WE HAD A PROGRESSIVE DINNER PARTY IN NEW YEAR'S EVE AND AND I SAID TO JIM WELL IT'S REALLY A SHAME THAT THE CITY HAS LOSSES.
AND HE SAID OH BOB YES, IT'S GREAT OPPORTUNITY. AND OF COURSE WE WENT OFF AND ON AND AGAIN BUT I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WAS WILLING TO TAKE RISKS. THERE WAS A LOT OF LITIGATION,
A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE INVOLVED BUT I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS IS HAS BEEN VERY WORTHWHILE AND AND CLEARLY THE CITY HAS BENEFITED TREMENDOUSLY FROM TAKING A
RISK NOW IT HAS TO BE JUDICIOUS AND WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO FROM A FINANCING STANDPOINT EVERYTHING IS THIS GOES BACK TO LYLE OLSON WHO WAS ONE OF THE EARLY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS OF THE CITY
WHEN I STARTED WORKING WITH IT WAS HE WANTED A BUILT IN SUSPENDERS. IN OTHER WORDS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE COULD PAY FOR THINGS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM AND WHEN THE RISK CHANGES AND TAX LAW ETC. ETC. WE WERE IN GOOD
SHAPE BECAUSE WE HAD THE BELT AND SUSPENDERS AND WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE TO TO DIG. SO AT ANY RATE WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A MAJOR
PROJECT THAT HOPEFULLY IS COMING DOWN THE LINE IN TERMS OF THE WATER PARK PROJECT WHICH IS A HUGE PROJECT AND AGAIN NOT WITHOUT CONTROVERSY AND THINGS BUT AT THE SAME POINT IN TIME I THINK IT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE'VE CAREFULLY LOOKED AT AND THOUGHT ABOUT AND AND SO WE WILL BE UNDER YOUR TENURE REACHING A CONCLUSION ON THAT PROJECT ONE
WAY OR THE OTHER. BUT AT ANY RATE, WELCOME AND WE WILL LOOK FORWARD AND WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE YOU ATTEND AS MANY OF OUR MEETINGS AS YOU CAN. I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT AND I'LL I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH
THIS DURING MY INTERVIEW. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON ASKED ME WHY I WOULD WANT TO LEAVE A LARGE CITY AND A WINNING FOOTBALL TEAM. I TOLD HIM BECAUSE I WANTED TO COME AND DO BIG THINGS AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
PARTNERING WITH YOU AND SO MANY OTHERS TO DO BIG THINGS FOR THIS GREAT CITY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. OKAY. SO DID YOU WANT TO DO ANOTHER
ADMINISTRATIVE YOU WANT DO YOU DO NEW BUSINESS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ACTUALLY ITEM TWO NO NEW BUSINESS. ALL RIGHT. PRESIDENT ERICKSON AND COMMISSIONERS, I'D LIKE TO
WELCOME EVAN CARBONE, SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT PROGRAM COORDINATOR TO JOIN US THIS EVENING. WE WANTED HIM TO COME HERE AND TALK ABOUT THIS PROGRAM WE'VE PREVIEWED IT A FEW TIMES WITH
YOU THAT THE CITY IS NOW EXPLORING WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO ACTUALLY HAVE OUR PURCHASING REFLECT OUR VALUES IN TRYING TO WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND LOCAL BUSINESSES.
SO EVAN'S BEEN HIRED. I HOPE YOU GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR BACKGROUND TO BEFORE YOU LAUNCH INTO YOUR PRESENTATION AND WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU. WELCOME, EVAN THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT THANK
YOU, COMMISSIONER. SO MY NAME IS EVAN RICCABONI. I AM THE NEW SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT PROGRAM COORDINATOR HERE AT THE CITY BLOOMINGTON. BEFORE STARTING THIS POSITION
I WAS AT MINDA FOR SIX YEARS ALSO WORKING IN SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT THERE APPLYING INNOVATIVE CONTRACTING METHODS TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES
PRIMING FOR HORIZONTAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. SO YES, I'VE BEEN IN MY POSITION FOR A LITTLE LESS THAN TWO MONTHS NOW SO I'M I'M NEW I'M SHOWING YOU ALL SOME
FACTS FIGURES IN MY PLAN AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS AREA. SO EVAN, CAN I ASK YOU THE FAVOR OF GETTING INTO THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT? YES. I'M SORRY. IS THAT EVEN EVEN CLOSE TO
DOING. OH, GOODNESS. PERFECT. THAT'S RIGHT. THIS IS GOOD FOR EVERYONE. YES. OKAY, GOOD. I WILL TRY TO REMEMBER TO SPEAK UP HERE.
GREAT FIRST RULE OF BUSINESS FIGURING OUT HOW TO YOU'RE EXPERIENCING THE TYPICAL MEETING. THANK YOU. IT'S A RITE OF PASSAGE.
IT'S A RITE OF PASSAGE. RIGHT, ARROW SIGN AND THIS IS VAXXED OUR OLD CITY MANAGER AS
WELL. SO IT'S BECOME YOU CAN FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE AND I. THERE WE GO.
SOME OF US ARE REALLY DINOSAUR AS A TECHNOLOGY. YOU KNOW WE HAVE SOME LIKE STEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, SAW THESE THINGS BUT A LOT OF US ARE NOT VERY COMPETENT. WELL, WE'RE WE'RE ALL IN A LEARNING PATH.
SO HERE WE GO. SO I WANTED TO START OFF BY GROUNDING MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT WITH SPEAKING ABOUT WHY A SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM PROCUREMENT PROGRAM MATTERS. WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT SMALL
BUSINESSES? WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? SO I MEAN I KNOW THIS BOARD KNOWS THIS BUT LOCAL LOCAL, SMALL BUSINESSES ARE A KEY
ASPECT OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. 71% OF BLOOMINGTON BUSINESS OWNERS LIVE IN BLOOMINGTON AND SMALL BUSINESSES CREATE 63% OF NEW PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS
IN OUR ECONOMY SINCE 2005. SO INVESTING IN OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES IS IS JUST AN ESSENTIAL PART OF GROWING GROWING OUR OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.
SMALL BUSINESSES ALSO PROVIDE INNOVATION SO WHEN YOU GET DIVERSE SET OF VENDORS YOU GET NEW IDEAS. IT'S IMPORTANT IN ENSURING
THAT WE'RE ON THE EDGE OF OF WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING OUR CITIZENS. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WHEN WE SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES WE INCREASE
COMPETITION, SMALL BUSINESSES GROW. THEY CAN BID ON LARGER ITEMS THAT THE CITY PUTS OUT AND OF COURSE WITH MORE BUSINESSES BIDDING WE INCREASE OUR
COMPETITION AND HOPEFULLY CAN DRIVE MORE VALUE TO THE CITIZENS HERE IN BLOOMINGTON. HOPEFULLY THIS WORKS THIS TIME . YES.
OKAY. SO TO PROVIDE A VERY ABRIDGED HISTORY AS TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WHY I AM IN MY POSITION TODAY IN 2022 BLOOMINGTON
RECOGNIZES THE NEED THE NEED TO STRENGTHEN EQUITABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INITIATIVES TO MEET ITS STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.
AROUND THE SAME TIME THE CITY PARTICIPATED IN EARLY VENDOR ANALYSIS AND CAPACITY BUILDING EFFORTS AROUND SMALL BUSINESSES.
IN 2023 TO 2024 THERE WAS ALIGNMENT WITH BEST PRACTICES. THIS IS INTERNALLY WITHIN THE CITY AND IDENTIFIED AS PART AND THE CITY IDENTIFIED ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE JOINT
DISPARITIES STUDY WHICH I WILL SPEAK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN A LATER SLIDE AND THEN ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECONOMIC STRATEGIC PLAN WHICH I KNOW YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR
WITH AS WELL. IN 2025 THE JOINT DISPARITIES STUDY WAS RELEASED. BLOOMINGTON JOINED 15 OTHER
LOCAL AGENCIES IN FOCUSING ON INCLUSIVE PROCUREMENT AND ANALYSIS AROUND EQUITABLE CONTRACTING AS MEAN EXCUSE ME
AS MEANS OF GROWING THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND THEN ALSO 2025 THE BLOOMINGTON ECONOMIC STRATEGIC PLAN IS RELEASED AND I'LL LINK MY CONVERSATION BACK TO THAT
PLAN LATER ON THE PRESENTATION AS WELL. SO SOME HIGH LEVEL RESULTS
OF THE DISPARITY STUDY AND AS I MENTIONED, BLOOMINGTON TOOK PART IN THE 2025 DISPARITY STUDY. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE CITY TOOK PART IN THAT STUDY WITH 15 OTHER MINNESOTA BASED
AGENCIES AS PART OF THE WORK OF THE DISPARITY STUDY IS TO LOOK AT MARKET CAPACITY OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND COMPARE THIS CAPACITY TO BLOOMINGTON'S CONSUMPTIONS OF GOODS AND SERVICES.
SO WHAT CAN THE MARKET BEAR AND WHAT ARE WE CONSUMING? AS YOU CAN SEE 15 BETWEEN 2016 AND 20 2,353% OF CONTRACTING
DOLLARS WENT TO SMALL BUSINESSES AS EITHER PRIME OR SUBCONTRACTOR. SO I SEE THAT AS A REALLY POSITIVE RESULT OF THIS STUDY. ANOTHER POSITIVE OUTCOME IS
THAT WE CAN SEE THAT SMALL BUSINESSES REALLY WANT TO WORK IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR. SO 35% OF FIRMS IDENTIFIED A DESIRE TO WORK IN THE PUBLIC
SECTOR AND FOUR PRIME OR SUBCONTRACTING AND THEN ONE AREA TO TAKE NOTE HERE AND PERHAPS AN AREA TO LOOK IN A
BIT FURTHER THE DISPARITY STUDY ALSO LOOKS AT WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES AND HOW THEY ARE ALSO REPRESENTED IN CITY BLOOMINGTON'S CONSUMPTION
OF OF GOODS AND SERVICES. SO THE DISPARITY STUDY FOUND THAT 17.8% OF WOMEN CONTRACTING DOLLARS COULD HAVE BEEN WON BY LOCAL SMALL
BUSINESSES EXCUSE ME MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES IN THAT SAME PERIOD ONLY 6.4% OF THOSE DOLLARS ACTUALLY WENT TO THOSE BUSINESSES.
SO THROUGH SOME SEEING AN OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR SOME TARGETED OUTREACH FOR SOME OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE DISPARITY STUDY OF COURSE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN IDENTIFIED BY LOCAL AS A KEY OBJECTIVE AS PART OF THIS
EFFORT, THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON IS LOOKING TO INCREASE CONSUMPTION OF GOODS SERVICES FROM SMALL BUSINESSES. THIS IS WHERE MY ROLE COMES IN FROM THE PROCUREMENT SIDE OF THINGS AND THIS OF COURSE
IS IN ADDITION TO THE EFFORTS OF THE PORT AUTHORITY IN PROVIDING SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE AND RESOURCES. SO REALLY I THINK WHAT THIS IS SHOWING IS THAT WE'RE STARTING
TO PROVIDE MORE WRAPAROUND CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ARE ALSO STEPPING UP TO THE TABLE AND SAYING HEY ,WE WANT TO BUY YOUR GOODS
AND SERVICES AS WELL AS THE CITY . SO IN THINKING ABOUT WHAT A SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT PROGRAM CAN DO TO SUPPORT
SMALL BUSINESSES TO CONNECT WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THERE'S A FEW LEVERS WE CAN PULL. ONE OF THESE IS SMALL BUSINESS
OUTREACH AND I MENTION THAT ALREADY THAT I'M LUCKY TO BE JOINING COLLEAGUES IN THE PORT WHO ALREADY HAVE WONDERFUL OUTREACH AND PROGRAMING WITH
THEIR SMALL BUSINESSES. THERE'S ALSO A NEED OR ANOTHER LEVEL WHOEVER THAT CAN BE PULLED HERE IS UTILIZING CERTIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION NETWORKS.
SO ONE CERTIFICATION NETWORK THAT WE WILL MOST LIKELY BE USING HERE IS CALLED CERT AND THAT IS RUN BY COORDINATED
THROUGH A FEW DIFFERENT LOCAL ENTITIES TO PROVIDE A SMALL BUSINESS CERTIFICATION IN A CENTRALIZED LOCATION. SO IF YOU ARE A SMALL BUSINESS YOU JUST APPLY IN WELL EXCUSE ME IN ONE PLACE AND YOU'RE
ABLE TO CARRY THAT CERTIFICATION IN OTHER AREAS AS WELL. CERTIFICATIONS ARE SO IMPORTANT AS WE START TO BENCHMARK THE DOLLARS WE SPEND TO SMALL BUSINESSES AS WE CAN
CLEARLY IDENTIFY WHICH BUSINESSES CATEGORIZE THEMSELVES AS SMALL BUSINESSES . SO IN ADDITION TO CERTIFICATION THERE'S ALSO
CONTRACTING METHODS THAT CAN BE APPLIED. EXCUSE ME, I NEED TO SWITCH MY NOTES HERE SO ANOTHER LEVEL HOWEVER TO PULL HERE OF COURSE
IS AS I MENTIONED THE CONTRACTING METHODS ALIGNING THE BEST CONTRAST CONTRACTING METHODS THAT SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES IS ESSENTIAL AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT
REQUIREMENTS WE WE HAVE FOR OUR CONTRACT HOURS INCLUDING INSURANCE BONDING. THOSE CAN REALLY BE AT ADHERENCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES. SO REALLY ALIGNING OUR RISK
WITH WHAT SMALL BUSINESSES ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE IN TERMS OF CONTRACTING. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST AND I SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS
AND MY ROLE FOR MY ROLE AT MINDA BUT LOOKING AT BUNDLING LARGER PROJECTS SO THAT WE CAN WRITE SIZE CONTRACTS AND MAKE THEM ATTAINABLE FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES TOO TO WIN BIDS OR QUOTES ON CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THAT SUBJECT WHAT'S A SHELTERED MARKET? I GUESS I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. SURE AS A SHELTERED MARKET
WOULD WOULD BE A PROCESS IN WHICH YOU SAY OH WE'LL ONLY ALLOW CERTAIN CERTIFICATIONS OF BUSINESSES TO APPLY FOR OR
BID ON THEM ON A SPECIFIC PROJECT SO FOR EXAMPLE HENNEPIN COUNTY HAS RUN A VERY SUCCESSFUL SHELTERED MARKET PROGRAM PARTICULARLY I BELIEVE
IN THEIR I.T AREA WHERE VENDORS PRE-REGISTER TO BID ON PROJECTS AND THAT PREREGISTER STATION LIST IS THE ONLY POOL THAT CAN BID ON WORK AS IT
COMES THROUGH. OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY . SO AS I MENTIONED I'M LESS
THAN TWO MONTHS INTO MY MY ROLE HERE AND THERE'S A LONG ROAD AHEAD BUT I JUST WANTED TO LAY OUT SOME SOME IDEAS THAT I'M WORKING OR SOME SOME ITEMS I'M WORKING ON NOW AND
THEN SORT OF WHAT'S NEXT UP ON ON A LONG LIST OF THINGS TO DO. SO CURRENTLY I'M REVIEWING PURCHASING PROCEDURE TO UNDERSTAND PINCH POINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES AND AGAIN THAT
EYE IS TOWARDS HOW CAN WE SUPPORT AND PROVIDE SMALL BUSINESSES ADDITIONAL LEVERAGE WHEN BIDDING ON OR WHEN
BIDDING ON THE WORK THAT WE PUT OUT AND I ANOTHER ITEM THAT I'M WORKING ON CURRENTLY IS CREATE RESOURCES TO GUIDE BUSINESSES THROUGH PROCUREMENT THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AT THE CITY
OF BLOOMINGTON. SO HOW TO GUIDES? WHAT IS THE BONDING WE WILL BE REQUIRING UP FRONT SO THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES CAN PLAN IF THERE IS WORK COMING DOWN THE
PIPE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BID ON AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST FOR RIGHT NOW LOOK AT OUR DATA SYSTEMS TO ORGANIZE AND TRACK CONSUMPTION WITH SMALL BUSINESSES AND UP NEXT
WOULD BE USING THAT DATA TO ESTABLISH BENCHMARKS AND METRICS SO WE CAN START TO PUSH PUSH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FORWARD IN TERMS
OF INVESTING IN OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND PROVIDE PROJECT OWNERS AT THE CITY WITH TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO IDENTIFY AND FIND VENDORS. SO OF COURSE PART OF MY ROLE
IS PARTNERING WITH FOLKS AT PUBLIC WORKS AT THE HRA. THESE ARE ALL MY COLLEAGUES WHO GO OUT AND TRY TO BUY
GOODS AND SERVICES SO BE A SUPPORT NETWORK FOR THEM AS WELL AND ENSURING THAT THEY CAN FIND SMALL BUSINESSES TO PERFORM THE WORK THEY NEED
DONE. SO MY LAST SLIDE HERE IS REALLY SPEAKING MORE BROADLY ABOUT HOW ONE COULD LOOK AND
UTILIZE LOOK TO AND UTILIZE THE SMALL BUSINESS NETWORK WE HAVE. SO OF COURSE NETWORKING IS KEY AND THERE'S A FEW AND AND
NETWORKING EVENTS ARE I HAVE FOUND TO BE ESSENTIAL IN TERMS OF FINDING AND UNDERSTANDING THE WORK THAT FOLKS ARE DOING. SO AN EVENT THAT JUST HAPPENED
WAS THE BLOOMINGTON BUSINESS FORUM I WAS ABLE TO MEET IN NETWORK WITH A FEW SMALL BUSINESSES AND DIRECT THEM TO THAT CERT CERTIFICATION BOARD AND SUPPLIER EVENTS AS WELL.
ALSO INDUSTRY GROUPS MANY OF THEM HAD MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND AND OUR PROVIDE A LOT
OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO THEIR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES AND ANOTHER AREA TO FIND SMALL BUSINESSES OF COURSE WE HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF DATABASES AND
ACRONYMS SO I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE ACRONYMS HERE BUT FOR THE THE METRO AREA THESE CERTAIN DIRECTORY PROVIDES CERTIFICATION FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES THAT'S THE SBA ARE THE EMERGING SMALL BUSINESSES ,MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES. THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
ADMINISTERS THE TGI ADVO VENDOR LIST AND THAT INCLUDES TARGETED GROUPS, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS AND VETERAN OWNED BUSINESSES. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS
THE FEDERAL DBE PROGRAM AND THAT'S DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. SO ALL OF THE THIS ALPHABET OF OF DIFFERENT CERTIFICATIONS
ARE JUST DIFFERENT WAYS AND DATABASES FOLKS CAN FIND AND UTILIZE THE THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY WE HAVE SO THAT'S MY FORMAL PRESENTATION I'M MORE
THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. EVAN THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVING BEEN THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE
TO DEAL WITH LARGE PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS AND I THINK THE WHOLE THRUST THE CITY HAS HAD IS TRYING TO REALLY CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. I THINK WE REALIZE THAT FOR
YEARS WE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF LISTENING TO OUR BIG PLAYERS BUT WE PROBABLY DIDN'T LISTEN AS WELL TO THE SMALL SMALLER PLAYERS. SO I THINK TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CAN DO THIS AND IT'S NOT GLAMOROUS WORK, IT'S JUST A
MATTER OF TAKING AND CREATING THESE THINGS AND GETTING OUT THERE. SO I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FUTURE REPORTS FROM YOU. SO MAYOR.
Q THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. EVAN THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND HAVE WE HAVE HE'S BEEN INTRODUCED AT THE COUNCIL MEETINGS YET I DON'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE NEXT WEEK. NEXT WEEK. THAT'S WHY I WAS WONDERING DOING THE ROUNDS AS WELL LIKE
THE MINUTES. YES. WELL THANK YOU FOR THIS. THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION AND THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP THAT WE NEED TO TAKE AND I COULDN'T AGREE MORE THE SYSTEMIC WAYS OF DOING THINGS THAT THE BUNDLING I THINK
THAT'S SO IMPORTANT AND YOU'VE MENTIONED THAT BUT I THINK YOU ALSO MENTIONED AND I COULDN'T AGREE MORE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE OUTREACH AND THE NETWORKING OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
I MEAN BARB HAS TAUGHT US HOW THE THE FACE TO FACE CONTACT THE DIRECT WORK WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT THEY KNOW THEY HAVE SOMEBODY IN CITY HALL WHO HAS THEIR BACK AND THEY'VE GOT THE PHONE
NUMBER OF YOUR BUSINESS CARD AND THEIR PHONE NUMBER IS JUST THE MOST VITAL THING THAT I THINK CAN BE DONE TO TO ESTABLISH THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, TO BUILD ON THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND THEN TO HELP THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS SO
CAN SOMETIMES BE A LITTLE INTIMIDATING AND MAYBE NOT AS EASY TO NAVIGATE AS WE'D ALL LIKE IT TO BE. SO I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE. I'M GLAD WE HAVE A PERSON IN THIS ROLE NOW I'M GLAD IT'S YOU AND GLAD THAT YOU'RE GOING
TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THESE CONNECTIONS AND REALLY HELP US MOVE FORWARD IN SO THANK YOU MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS? MR. NELSON YEAH. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT.
JUST A COUPLE QUICK QUESTION. HOW IS A SMALL BUSINESS TO FIND IS IT VOLUME NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES MORE SUBJECTIVE? ABSOLUTELY. SO THE CERTIFICATION AT LEAST
THE CERT CERTIFICATION USES THE FEDERAL SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION THRESHOLD FOR SMALL BUSINESS. SO I BELIEVE IT IS INCOME OR
PROFIT GENERATED OVER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME BUT I CAN CERTAINLY GET YOU THE EXACT NUMBERS AROUND THAT. OKAY. AND THEN WILL YOU ALSO TRACK JUST LOCAL BUSINESS BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT
OF AN OVERLAP BETWEEN THE POSITIVE BENEFITS THAT WE SEE AS A COMMUNITY IF WE USE A LOCAL BUSINESS EVEN IF THEY'RE BIG AND A LOCAL BUSINESS THAT'S SMALL. DO YOU ARE YOU GOING TO TRACK BOTH OF THOSE AS YOU GO
FORWARD? SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES. THE THAT CERT CERTIFICATION
LOOKS AT THE THE THE METRO AREA. SO IN ORDER TO GET THAT CERTIFICATION A BUSINESS NEEDS TO BE BASED HERE AND ALSO MEET THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
THRESHOLD FOR SMALL BUSINESS. SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THE SBA CERTIFICATION MEANS FOR LARGER BUSINESSES. I WOULD SAY THAT I WASN'T PART
OF THE PLAN RIGHT NOW BUT I CERTAINLY TAKE YOUR YOUR POINT THAT THAT THAT IS PART OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY WE HAVE HERE AS WELL AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I CAN KEEP IN MIND AS WE
START TO DATA BUILD AND REPORT ON HOW THE CITIES PROCUREMENT SUPPORTS OUR OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. OKAY. AND THEN CONCEPTUALLY I, I
SUPPORT MANY OF THE CONCEPTS HERE. BUT ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS WITH REGARDS TO DEEP BUNDLING OR ANY OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD INCREASE COSTS TO
THE CITY? WOULD INCREASE STAFF TIME TO MANAGE AND PUT MORE PRESSURE ON THEM? ARE THERE CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE ASPECTS OF IT AND.
YEAH. YEAH. SO I CAN SAY THAT WE ARE ALREADY PRACTICING THAT DEEP BUNDLING METHOD IN SOME OF THE LARGER PROJECTS.
SO YOU KNOW PART OF MY ONBOARDING HERE IS UNDERSTANDING OUR CURRENT PROCUREMENT PROCESSES AND I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE PARTNERING WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON
FACILITATING THE CONTRACTING PROCESS WITH THE NEW FLEET GARAGE AND THAT THAT PROJECT IS ONE THAT WE ARE BIDDING OUT IN DIFFERENT DIFFERENT PACKETS . SO IN A SENSE WE ARE WE ARE
PRACTICING SOME OF THIS ALREADY IN TERMS OF INCREASED COST. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO MEASURE AS WE GO
FORWARD. I HAVE SEEN IN MY EXPERIENCE THAT THE INCREASED COST CAN BE SOMEWHAT MARGINAL WHEN YOU ALSO LOOK AT THAT ECONOMIC BENEFIT.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT THAT THERE IS A RISK THERE BUT I THINK PART OF OUR BENCHMARKING AND MEASURING THIS PROGRAM IS UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT
IMPLICATION IS AND WHAT THE RETURN IS ON OUR INVESTMENT BECAUSE REALLY THAT'S WHAT ALL THIS IS TALKING ABOUT INVESTING IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY TO GET THAT RETURN IN OUR INVESTMENT AND YOU KNOW
THROUGH THAT WE'RE PURCHASING THE THINGS WE WE NEED ALREADY SO THAT WOULD BE MY RESPONSE TO THAT QUESTION. MR. LANCE, I HOPE THIS IS A
QUICK QUESTION. I'M JUST A LITTLE. WHERE DOES THE SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT PROGRAM FIT? IS IT PART OF THE PORT AUTHORITY? IT IS NOT. I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT IN MY
INTRODUCTION. I AM SO SORRY I SO I'M IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT IN THE PURCHASING TEAM. I AM VERY LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE PORT AND RIGHT THIS IS THIS IS AS I KIND OF MENTIONED A GROUP
EFFORT IN IN SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES TO MIND IS I THINK ANYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE CAN BE A
COMMUNICATOR. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT OF TARIFFS IS WE HAVE A VEHICLE OF THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE VEHICLE THAT'S AVAILABLE IN BLOOMINGTON AND I
DON'T KNOW HOW MANY BUSINESSES ARE AWARE THAT THIS HERE IN FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN PARTICULAR IT COULD MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE. SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD URGE YOU TO DO AND
EVERYBODY ELSE INVOLVED IS YOU'RE A COMMUNICATOR FOR THE CITY AND ALL PROGRAMS AND IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE OUT WHEN YOU MEET WITH
SOMEBODY ABOUT BEING ELIGIBLE FOR BIDDING ETC., ETC. TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY JUST TO EXPLAIN YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE TO THEM AND IT COULD MAKE MAKE
THE DIFFERENCE. AND AGAIN I THINK PART OF THAT IS JUST A WELCOMING AND WE WANT TO DO FOR ALL BUSINESSES AND AND RETAIN AND SO SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
GOOD WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FUTURE REPORTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. WE'RE DOWN TO ITEM THREE THEN. HOLLY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ERICKSON AND COMMISSIONERS I WILL INTRODUCE THIS ITEM AND
THEN OUR CITY ATTORNEY WILL ALSO BE JOINING US AT THE PODIUM TO GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND. THIS IS TO APPOINT A NEW GENERAL AND SPECIAL COUNSEL
AND TO TERMINATE AN INTERIM AGREEMENT FOR OUR FOR THE PORT AUTHORITY. WE HAD PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR A WHILE WITH KENNEDY ENGRAVING AND SPECIFICALLY WITH JULIE
EDDINGTON. JULIE AND A NUMBER OF OTHER ATTORNEYS CHANGE LAW FIRMS TO Q TECH ROCK AND SO THAT ACTUALLY PROMPTED US TO ENTER INTO AN INTERIM AGREEMENT WITH THAT FIRM AND TO ISSUE AN RFP
TO SELECT NEW LEGAL COUNSEL. THE PORT HAS OUTSIDE COUNSEL AS ITS GENERAL COUNSEL AND ITS SPECIAL COUNSEL BUT WE ARE ALSO UNDER LEGAL ADVISEMENT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO MELISSA WILL EXPLAIN SOME
OF THOSE TECHNICALITIES AND SO WE DID ISSUE THAT RFP. WE RECEIVED SEVEN PROPOSALS. WE INTERVIEWED FOUR OF THEM AND WE HAVE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH KENNEDY AND
GRAVEN AS GENERAL COUNSEL AND CUTUP ROCK AS SPECIAL COUNSEL MOVING FORWARD AND THEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN US?
MELISSA THANK YOU, PRESIDENT COMMISSIONERS, THIS THIS PARTICULAR PIVOT THE LAW STATES THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY IS THE LEGAL ADVISOR TO THE
PORT AUTHORITY BUT THE LAW ALSO ALLOWS THE PORT AUTHORITY TO EMPLOY AND CONTRACT FOR ADDITIONAL COUNSEL. SO AS THE PORT HAS GONE
CITYWIDE IN THE CHANGE TO THE THE EVOLUTION OF SERVICES AND IN THE THE THE LOCATION WHERE FOLKS ARE WORKING, WE LOOKED AT WHAT ARE THE THE
OPPORTUNITIES HERE AND SPENT A LOT OF THE PAST YEAR LOOKING AT INTERNAL PROCESS AND STREAMLINING OUR OUR WORKFLOWS AND TRYING TO CLARIFY THINGS
AND SET UP DURABLE TEMPLATES. AND AS A PART OF THAT PROCESS WE EMBARKED ON THIS RFP AND AS A RESULT OF MANY, MANY HOURS OF CONVERSATION WE CAME UP WITH A PLAN AND SO THE HRA HAS
A TWO CONTRACTS FOR GENERAL AND SPECIAL IN THIS AND THEY'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE NEXT WEEK AND THEN THIS IS THE PORT TONIGHT GENERAL AND SPECIAL SO ALTHOUGH THEY DID THE RFP PROCESS TOGETHER WE
ARE PREPARED DOCUMENTS THAT WE BELIEVE ARE THE MOST DURABLE AND FLEXIBLE AS YOU ALL MOVE FORWARD TO TACKLE THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES THAT ARE IN THE FUTURE.
>> AND SO OUR LOCAL ALL ARE NOT LOCAL I GUESS BUT THE THE FOLKS UPSTAIRS IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ARE STILL GOING TO BE HERE AND WE'LL HELP AS NEEDED AND WE'LL STILL USE THE SERVICES OF OUR RISK
MITIGATION DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED IN ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS WHERE THE CITY IS INVOLVED AS A AS AN ENTITY. BUT WE JUST THOUGHT THERE
NEEDS TO BE MORE LEGAL RESOURCES BROUGHT TO BEAR AND WE THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A COST EFFECTIVE WAY OF TACKLING IT. THE ALSO THE OTHER THING TO MENTION IS THAT THIS IS A FIVE
YEAR MAX AGREEMENT RENEWABLE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT THE PORT HAS DONE HISTORICALLY DURING MY TIME HERE AND THAT WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO PIVOT AND ADJUST AS NEEDED.
SO EACH YEAR I'LL COME BACK BEFORE YOU WITH THE FIRST TERM ENDING AT THE END OF DECEMBER OF NEXT YEAR AND ANY QUESTIONS. SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
YOU'RE JUST ASKING TO MAKE PERMANENT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AN INTERIM BASIS AND THIS REALLY FOLLOWS ALONG WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WITH REALLY THIS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME
PEOPLE ALTHOUGH OUR PRIMARY ATTORNEY NOW HAS HIS CHANGED FOR LEGAL WORK FROM JULIE HARRINGTON TO OH IF PRESIDENT ERICKSON AND COMMISSIONERS JUST A SLIGHT CLARIFICATION TO
THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN WORKING WITH KENNEDY AND GRAVEN VERY MUCH THIS SUMMER. WE'VE REALLY RELIED ON GINA FIORINI FROM Q TECH ROCK AND SO WE'LL BE USING KENNEDY AND GRAVEN AS GENERAL COUNSEL. SO PREPARING RESOLUTIONS AND
SOME OF OUR MORE BASIC WORK. BUT WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH GINA AND SHE WILL CONTINUE TO BE OUR SPECIAL COUNSEL A Q TAX SO WE HAVE TWO CONTRACTS WITH TWO SEPARATE
FIRMS AS MELISSA SORRY A CITY ATTORNEY MR. SCHEID STATED THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE NATURE OF THE FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WE MAY
HAVE SO WE MAY WISH TO WORK WITH AN ATTORNEY IN EITHER ONE OF THOSE FIRMS ON SOME OF OUR PROJECT MOVING FORWARD AND BECAUSE THESE ARE ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS WE ALSO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PIVOT AND CHANGE FIRMS IN THE FUTURE IF WE NEED TO. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THREE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE NOW AND I YOUR THE MOTION IS ON PAGE 18 TO
AUTHORIZE THIS. I WOULD ENTERTAIN THAT MOTION . MR. PRESIDENT. I MOVE A MOTION AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE PRESIDENT TO ENTER INTO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
AGREEMENT WITH KENNEDY AND GRAVEN FOR GENERAL COUNSEL AND COULD TALK ROCK FOR SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR THE PORT AUTHORITY AUTHORIZING TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT FOR INTERIM LEGAL SERVICES AND AUTHORIZING RELATED ACTIONS CONSISTENT
WITH THIS MOTION TO REVISIT A MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER BRACY SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LANCE. IN ADDITION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION IF NOT ALL FAVOR
PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO SO WE'RE ON TO I SEE WE
HAD A REPORT IN HERE BUT THIS JUST REPORT THAT WE DON'T NEED TO THAT IS RIGHT PRESIDENT ERICKSON JUST ON TO A FEW UPDATES JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THAT THAT IS THE
OPPORTUNITY HOUSING ORDINANCE REPORT IN THE PAST YOU'VE SEEN A PRESENTATION ON THIS THIS YEAR WE ELECTED TO PRESENT IT TO YOU AS A MEMO SO YOU COULD READ IT ON YOUR OWN TIME IF
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS WE HAVE ASSISTANT PORT AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATOR KEVIN KENNY'S WITH US WHO IS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THIS REPORT AND MANAGES KENNY
NIEMEYER OR HOUSING SPECIALIST . I THINK THAT IS THAT IS THE MAJOR THING WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU BUT ALSO TO NOTE THAT WHILE WE HAVE BEEN GENERATING AN IMPRESSIVE AMOUNT
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING A LOT OF IT HAS NEEDED SUBSIDY TO BE CREATED AND SO WE WILL WE HAVE BEEN USING A TOOL CALLED THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO DEPLETED
IF NOT ENTIRELY DEPLETED AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR HELP SECURING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN THE FUTURE. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OUR PARTNERS LIKE HENNEPIN COUNTY AND THE STATE. BUT THAT MAY ALSO BE SOMETHING
WE NEED TO EXPLORE INTERNALLY WITHIN THE CITY TO HELP SOLVE SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS. SO IF ANYONE HAD QUESTIONS THAT THEY WANTED ADDRESSED FROM THAT REPORT, KEVIN IS HERE TO TAKE THOSE QUESTIONS
OR THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER HUNT I HAD A QUESTION I NOTICED THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN MONITORED INTERNALLY BY STAFF
THE THE REPORTING FROM THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND SO FORTH AS I AS I RECALL AND NOW I SEE A COMMENT THAT YOU'RE EXPLORING THE BENEFITS OF ENGAGING IN OUTSIDE SERVICE IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'LL BRING
FORWARD IN THE FUTURE OR PRESIDENT ERICKSON COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER HUNT SO THAT COMMENT IS IN REGARD TO REVIEW OF THEIR
ONGOING COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE. SO THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO THAT WORK AND THEY DO THAT ON BEHALF OF A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES. IF WE WERE TO ELECT TO DO THAT
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO EXPLORE WITHIN THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS. SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT MOST LIKELY YES, WE WOULD
NEED TO BRING BACK TO YOU. IT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE DEPENDENT ON THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH A CONTRACT FOR THAT WORK. BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING THE INTENTION WOULD BE TO ENGAGE
THE AUTHORITY IF THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE WORK OF THE PORT AUTHORITY. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. LANCE. I JUST HAVE A REQUEST. THE EASIEST THING IN REAL ESTATE IS TO GO LOOK AT THE
PROPERTY AND I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING AND I'VE SEEN YOU OVERHEAD MAPS WHERE THEY'RE ALL IDENTIFIED. BUT COULD YOU GET THE ADDRESS ON THEM WHEN WE GOT THE ORDER I KNOW WHERE THAT IS THE OTHER
THREE I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHERE THEY ARE. WE JUST PUT THE ADDRESS ON THERE. YES. WAS I MAKE THAT UP RIGHT AROUND ONCE FOR SURE. THANKSGIVING. WELL ALONG THOSE LINES I ENJOYED SEEING THE PICTURES
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DRIVING BY THE ONE END THAT I THOUGHT OF IT'S ACTUALLY THE DINER AND HERE I FIND OUT IT'S BLOOMINGTON BECAUSE IT'S ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD. BUT AT ANY RATE IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE THOSE.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I KNOW THIS IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM SO IF NOT I THINK A FEW MORE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ERICKSON
. I HAVE A FEW MORE UPDATES TO SHARE FOR YOUR OWN SCHEDULING PURPOSES. WE ANTICIPATE POTENTIALLY ANOTHER WATERBERG MEETING IN DECEMBER AND SO MARCH OUR
OFFICE SUPPORT SPECIALIST HAS BEEN REACHING OUT TO ASK ABOUT YOUR TRAVEL PLANS VACATION PLANS, AVAILABILITY FOR DECEMBER. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE TO RESPOND TO HER. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO SHARE
SOME UPDATES FROM THE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING TEAM AND THAT INCLUDES THAT THERE ARE FOUR NEW ART BOX UTILITIES, FOUR NEW ART BOX UTILITY BOX CLUSTERS NOW TO LOOK AT
IN SOUTH LOOP AND THEN THE HOMETOWN POETRY PROGRAM PAM, WHICH HELPS STAMP POETRY INTO THE SIDEWALKS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN IMPLEMENTED AT CITY HALL NOW WITH OUR SIDEWALK PROJECT SO WE HOPE THAT YOU NOTICE
THAT COMING IN. IT DEFINITELY BRINGS SOME INTEREST TO THE WALK IN AND THE CITYWIDE CREATIVE PLACEMAKING PLAN WAS AWARDED AN APA MINNESOTA AWARD FOR ADVANCING DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL
CHANGE. VERY EXCITING. THEY JUST COMPLETED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND CALL FOR ART FOR BRYANT PARK TO ADD A SCULPTURE TO THE PARK. I GOT TO PREVIEW SOME OF THOSE
WHICH I DON'T USUALLY GET TO DO AND I'M VERY EXCITED WITH THE CHOICE THAT THEY MADE AND THEN THE UPCOMING BIG GRAND OPENING ON NOVEMBER 8TH WILL ALSO FEATURE THE MURALIST ADAM
TURMAN WHO WILL BE THERE FROM 12 TO 2 TO UNVEIL A NEW MURAL AS PART OF BIG. WE ALSO WANTED TO THANK THE ENTIRE TEAM THAT HELPED WITH THE FIRST BUSINESS FORUM ON
OCTOBER 1ST. I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 80 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE HAD A NUMBER OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS TABLING AND THAT WAS PRECEDED
BY OUR CEO ROUNDTABLE. SO IT WAS A BUSY MORNING. WE PUT THE MAYOR THROUGH ITS PACES. THANK YOU AND COMMISSIONER PETERSON JOINED US WHICH WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE. WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU ALL AT
FUTURE EVENTS. AND THEN FINALLY VERY GOOD NEWS COLONIAL MARKET IS OPEN IN THE SOUTH LOOP AND WE SAW COMMISSIONER LYONS THERE FOR THE GRAND OPENING LAST WEEK.
SO WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL GO AND PATRONIZE THEIR BUSINESS THERE. GUACAMOLE IS OFF THE CHARTS AND THAT ON THAT NOTE I'M GOING TO STOP RIGHT.
WELL THAT'S EXCITING TO HEAR THAT THAT IT'S OPEN. WE'VE BEEN ANTICIPATING THAT FOR A WHILE. SO AT ANY RATE WELL IF NOTHING
ELSE WE ARE ADJOURNED